---
title: snrd
description: The Sonr blockchain daemon (server) command
---

# snrd

The main command for running and interacting with the Sonr blockchain node.

## Usage

```shell
snrd [command]
```

## Available Commands

| Command | Description |
|---------|-------------|
| `auth` | User authentication with Passkeys |
| `comet` | CometBFT subcommands |
| `config` | Utilities for managing application configuration |
| `debug` | Tool for helping with debugging your application |
| `export` | Export state to JSON |
| `genesis` | Application's genesis-related subcommands |
| `gov` | Governance utilities |
| `help` | Help about any command |
| `index-eth-tx` | Index historical eth txs |
| `init` | Initialize private validator, p2p, genesis, and application configuration files |
| `keys` | Manage your application's keys |
| `prune` | Prune app history states by keeping the recent heights and deleting old heights |
| `query` | Querying subcommands |
| `rollback` | Rollback Cosmos SDK and CometBFT state by one height |
| `snapshots` | Manage local snapshots |
| `start` | Run the full node |
| `status` | Query remote node for status |
| `tx` | Transactions subcommands |
| `version` | Print the application binary version information |
| `wallet` | Wallet operations |

## Flags

<ParamField path="broadcast-mode" type="string" default="sync">
  Transaction broadcasting mode (sync|async)
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="chain-id" type="string">
  Specify Chain ID for sending Tx
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="fees" type="string">
  Fees to pay along with transaction (e.g., 10aatom)
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="from" type="string">
  Name or address of private key with which to sign
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="gas-adjustment" type="float" default="1">
  Adjustment factor to be multiplied against the estimate returned by the tx simulation; if the gas limit is set manually this flag is ignored
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="gas-prices" type="string">
  Gas prices to determine the transaction fee (e.g., 10aatom)
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="help" type="boolean">
  Help for snrd
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="home" type="string" default="~/.sonr">
  Directory for config and data
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="keyring-backend" type="string" default="os">
  Select keyring's backend (os|file|test)
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="log_format" type="string" default="plain">
  The logging format (json|plain)
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="log_level" type="string" default="info">
  The logging level (trace|debug|info|warn|error|fatal|panic|disabled or '*:&lt;level&gt;,&lt;key&gt;:&lt;level&gt;')
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="log_no_color" type="boolean">
  Disable colored logs
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="node" type="string" default="tcp://localhost:26657">
  &lt;host&gt;:&lt;port&gt; to tendermint rpc interface for this chain
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="trace" type="boolean">
  Print out full stack trace on errors
</ParamField>

## Examples

### Start a node

```shell
snrd start
```

### Query node status

```shell
snrd status
```

### Initialize a new node

```shell
snrd init my-node --chain-id sonrtest_1-1
```

### Get help for any command

```shell
snrd [command] --help
```

## See Also

- [snrd auth](./snrd_auth.mdx) - User authentication with Passkeys
- [snrd genesis](./snrd_genesis.mdx) - Genesis-related subcommands
- [snrd init](./snrd_init.mdx) - Initialize node configuration
- [snrd keys](./snrd_keys.mdx) - Manage application keys
- [snrd query](./snrd_query.mdx) - Query blockchain state
- [snrd tx](./snrd_tx.mdx) - Submit transactions